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Kenai Assembly's invocation policy was ruled unconstitutional. Now atheists and a 'pastafarian' are
Kenai Assembly’s invocation policy was ruled unconstitutional. Now atheists and a ‘pastafarian’ are set to open meetings.On Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, there’s a list of people signed up to read invocations to open borough Assembly meetings in 2019. The list includes Christian pastors, atheists and a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Such is the result of a battle that has simmered for years in the borough over whether the Assembly could have rules related to religion — specifically, who could say invocations before its meetings.
In October, the Alaska Superior Court struck down as unconstitutional a policy saying that only a representative of an Assembly-approved religious group could give invocations before Assembly meetings.
The Assembly passed a resolution in November to adopt a new policy, which allows any borough resident to submit a written request to offer an invocation.
Read more: https://www.adn.com/politics/2018/12/31/kenai-assemblys-invocation-policy-was-ruled-unconstitutional-now-atheists-and-a-pastafarian-are-set-to-open-meetings/
Cross-posted in the Pastafarian Group.